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IWPR's Human Rights Reporting, Confidence Building and Conflict Information Programme This programme contributes to regional dialogue, human rights awareness and independent journalism through practical training and local publication, workshops and public roundtables, joint research projects and collaboration with local human rights groups.
Reporting Impact +
Central Asia: Jun '09
Project Highlights +
Central Asia: May '09
Weekly Radio Programmes Turkmen Radio - Inside View Archive
News Briefing Central Asia Central Asia Map
2 Jul 09 | Reporting Central Asia  582
Human Rights Reporting Project
Rights activists call for closer scrutiny of how children are treated at school.
By Elmira Gabidullina in Almaty (02-Jul-09)
 
Recent reports
19 Jun 09 | Reporting Central Asia  581
Terms of new agreement mean airbase officially becomes transit hub for Afghan operation, but some analysts see no real change.
By Urmatbek Tashmatov in Bishkek (RCA No. 581, 26-Jun-09)
Russian
Government forced to revise plan to allow people to own up to undeclared assets.
By Asyl Osmonalieva in Bishkek (RCA No. 581, 30-Jun-09)
Russian
Kyrgyz Election Updates 2009
Opposition concerned that latest population count includes people not living in Kyrgyzstan.
By Ainagul Abdrakhmanova in Bishkek (RCA No. 581, 20-Jun-09)
Russian
Population loss has serious implications for Kyrgyzstan’s future, say experts.
By Ainagul Abdrakhmanova in Bishkek and Azamat Kachiev in Moscow (RCA No. 581, 23-Jun-09)
Russian
Special Report
Analysts consider chances of resurgence in Islamic insurgency as authorities reject claims that guerrilla bands are roaming the hills.
By Irina Melnikova in Dushanbe (RCA No. 581, 24-Jun-09)
Russian
Human Rights Reporting Project
Despite government assurances, children reappeared in the fields last autumn and this spring.
By Umida Niazova in Berlin (19-June-2009)
Russian   Uzbek
New human rights watchdog pledges to work towards greater transparency.
By Nargis Hamrabayeva in Dushanbe (22-Jun-09)
Russian
Reporting Impact
IWPR event takes regional water and energy debate forward.
By Lola Olimova, IWPR Tajikistan Editor (26-Jun-09)
Russian
Project Highlights
IWPR report poured oil on troubled waters as Kyrgyz politicians geared up to protest Uzbek “incursion”.
By Aida Kasymalieva, IWPR Editor for Kyrgyzstan/Kazakstan (26-Jun-09)
Russian
12 Jun 09 | Reporting Central Asia  580
Afghan leader pleads for extension for supply point used by international forces in war on Taleban.
By Urmatbek Tashmatov in Bishkek (RCA No. 580, 12-Jun-09)
Russian   Kyrgyz
Government lacks resources to handle multiple disasters.
By Nafisa Pisaredjeva in Dushanbe and Sayrahmon Nazriev in Qurghonteppa (RCA No. 580, 12-Jun-09)
Russian
3 Jun 09 | Reporting Central Asia  579
Traffic and trade with Kyrgyzstan halts as uneasy calm settles in Uzbek east.
By IWPR staff in Central Asia (RCA No. 579, 02-Jun-09)
Russian   Kyrgyz
Lukewarm response to new initiative intended to prevent adolescent crime.
By Yana Bachevskaya in Taldykorgan (RCA No. 579, 08-Jun-09)
Russian
Mainstream religious group failing to make headway in politics despite efforts to modernise and grow.
By Daler Gufronov and Aslibegim Manzarshoeva in Dushanbe (RCA No. 579, 05-Jun-09)
Russian
Human Rights Reporting Project
Human rights watchdog is supposed to be independent but is appointed by the president.
By Nafisa Davlatshoeva in Dushanbe (11-June-2009)
Russian   Tajik
Healthcare workers share widely-held attitudes of fear and suspicion, although some say this is changing.
By Aziza Nasirova in Dushanbe (06-Jun-09)
Russian   Tajik
Until comprehensive legislation is in place, asylum-seekers from Uzbekistan and China will be at risk of deportation.
By Aygerim Beysenbayeva in Almaty (05-Jun-09)
Russian   Kazakh
Campaigners say religious-only marriage ceremony offers no legal protections to wives.
By Jyldyz Bekbaeva in Osh (11-June-2009)
Russian   Kyrgyz
20 May 09 | Reporting Central Asia  578
Will the latest effort to root out thieving bureaucrats be sustained and consistent enough to change long-established ways?
By Galiaskar Utegulov in Almaty (RCA No. 578, 30-May-09)
Russian
Screens go blank in protest against a bill that some fear will create internet censorship.
By Aygerim Beysenbaeva in Almaty (RCA No. 578, 28-May-09)
Russian
Nur Otan party celebrates decade as unassailable party of government, although analysts say it enjoys little real power.
By Daulet Kanagatuly in Almaty (RCA No. 578, 22-May-09)
Russian
Farmers complain they are being forced to subsidise a government work-creation scheme.
By IWPR staff in Central Asia (RCA No. 578, 25-May-09)
Russian
Human Rights Reporting Project
Exodus of adults has placed even greater burden on children in this mountainous region of Tajikistan.
By Iftikhor Mirshakar in Badakhshan (26-May-09)
Russian   Tajik
Three months on, Kazak consular authorities still finding it hard to see 27 men who inadvertently stumbled across Uzbek border.
By Andrei Grishin in Almaty (20-May-09)
Russian   Kazakh
Project Highlights
Analysts at IWPR event ask whether voters in forthcoming Kyrgyz election want continuity or change, or are too apathetic to care.
By IWPR staff in Bishkek (25-May-09)
Russian
Reporting Impact
Water and energy report presents differing views of the Central Asian states without taking sides.
By Dilbar Ruzadorova and Aida Kasymalieva in Bishkek, and Lola Olimova in Dushanbe (25-May-09)
Russian
Report raises questions about why Uzbek government is cracking down on Turkish Islamic group.
By Inga Sikorskaya in Bishkek (25-May-09)
Russian



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Fund for the Family of Slain Afghan Journalist Javed "Jojo" Yazamy
In the News
Asia Times OnlineExperts say that saffron is being grown in 16 provinces of Afghanistan, but the bulk of the product comes from Herat, in the west of the country, reports IWPR trainee Farooq Faizi.
Philadelphia InquirerEmad Al-shara, an IWPR-trained journalist in Iraq, says spate of attacks largely directed at Baghdad's Shia fueling concerns that sectarian and political violence may be returning to city.
IWPR international justice reporter Katy Glassborow speaks to the BBC World Service Focus on Africa programme about Darfur rebel leader Abu Garda's initial appearance at the International Criminal Court.
Globa and MailIn First Kill Your Family, [IWPR] journalist and Africa hand Peter Eichstaedt offers shocking details from the first-hand experiences of people who have participated in the war in northern Uganda as children and adults.
The IndependentLisa Clifford, a reporter for IWPR, says the Al-Bashir arrest warrant and other controversies have damaged the reputation of the international criminal court.
The IndependentIn southern provinces [of Afghanistan], up to 70 per cent of Taliban fighters are non-ideological unemployed young men given a gun before each attack and paid a pittance according to a report by IWPR.
National Post logo"The Taliban, for all their faults, have proven to have a fairly sophisticated media policy," said Jean MacKenzie, IWPR Afghanistan director.
IWPR reporter Katy Glassborow says it would be "absolutely devastating to the reputation of the [ICC]" if judges decide there is no case to answer [against Sudanese president Omar al-Bashir] on the charge of genocide.
IWPR Iraq editor Neil Arun discusses the outcome and significance of the Iraqi provincial elections.
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